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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use Prevention-AFRICAN AMERICANS

In the past 12 months, have you ever asked a stranger not to smoke around you, in order to avoid exposure to their tobacco smoke?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,606 602 24.1 22.0-26.2 2,004 75.9 73.8-78.0
GENDER
Male 847 188 23.4 20.0-27.0 659 76.6 73.0-80.0
Female 1,759 414 24.6 22.1-27.3 1,345 75.4 72.7-77.9
AGE
18-24 169 73 43.7 34.4-53.4 96 56.3 46.6-65.6
25-34 451 127 27.9 23.0-33.3 324 72.1 66.7-77.0
35-44 511 125 25.1 20.6-30.3 386 74.9 69.7-79.4
45-54 506 123 25.1 20.6-30.2 383 74.9 69.8-79.4
55-64 414 84 20.2 15.9-25.3 330 79.8 74.7-84.1
65-74 325 45 11.5 8.2-15.9 280 88.5 84.1-91.8
75+ 215 22 13.4 8.3-20.8 193 86.6 79.2-91.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 589 125 23.0 19.0-27.5 464 77.0 72.5-81.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 887 187 22.0 18.7-25.7 700 78.0 74.3-81.3
Some Post-H.S. 643 173 28.0 23.8-32.8 470 72.0 67.2-76.2
College Graduate 482 116 23.9 19.3-29.2 366 76.1 70.8-80.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 524 143 29.6 24.9-34.9 381 70.4 65.1-75.1
$15,000- 24,999 595 138 23.6 19.5-28.4 457 76.4 71.6-80.5
$25,000- 34,999 334 105 33.4 27.5-39.9 229 66.6 60.1-72.5
$35,000- 49,999 294 51 16.2 11.9-21.8 243 83.8 78.2-88.1
$50,000-74,999 187 34 15.9 10.9-22.7 153 84.1 77.3-89.1
$75,000+ 141 30 20.4 13.8-29.0 111 79.6 71.0-86.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 941 238 26.6 23.3-30.2 703 73.4 69.8-76.7
No 1,628 352 22.8 20.2-25.6 1,276 77.2 74.4-79.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 299 65 21.5 16.3-27.8 234 78.5 72.2-83.7
Non-Veteran 2,271 528 24.6 22.4-27.0 1,743 75.4 73.0-77.6
Currently Serving 36 9 17.2 7.5-34.7 27 82.8 65.3-92.5

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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